A principal failure if not the major failure of the U.S. administration is its failure to comprehend the nature of post-modern reality, especially post-modern warfare. The U.S. war ‘machine’ is an antiquated beast run by the mentally impaired. Dangerous and angry old men (past failures) do not good leaders/advisers make!
Regardless of computerised weaponry or high-tech gadgets, the glaring unavoidable problem is occupation. It is occupation that always presents as the major problem in post-modern warfare. The mindset of the outmoded/outdated U.S. leaders is out of sync with today’s constantly shifting presentations and processes of ‘power’. Social dynamics and social topography are in constant FLUX. Adherence to traditional (structuralist) European and Asian models is not only counter-productive it is a formula for failure. Invaders with superior weaponry and force who command the ‘field’ and expect compliant behaviour from a ‘vanquished’ enemy ("mission accomplished") are dreaming the dreams of American propagandists, old men and fantacists.
Iraq presents the perfect example of the consequences of amorphous (targetless) warfare. [Planners and strategists around the globe take note.] Iraq is characterised by detested leaders, past and present – also note that Cheney, Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld and Blair are reviled and detested by the vast majority of people ACROSS THE GLOBE. People are no longer affected by traditional (sectarian) icons, slogans, flags, symbols etc. Confrontations are far more immediate and personal today; everything is personal and so is the response. Invading and occupying weaker nations, killing innocent civilians and stealing valuable resources could hardly be met with subservience or acquiescence from the local inhabitants. The war of resistance is fought by spontaneously cooperating individuals, small groups, cells and other constantly shifting forces that interact on a mutually co-operative basis then return to their respective benign ‘identities’ in the general community. Nevertheless, their activity as warriors is ever present as potential resource; their ability to opportunistically exploit weaknesses in the enemy becomes the content of the nightly news – Falcon base is burning!
Regardless of the relative strength of local fighters, invaders face protracted and difficult (if not impossible) guerrilla campaigns. Only fools engage superior forces directly. The weakest and most vulnerable aspect of invasion is OCCUPATION and consolidation, for the simple reason that it is personnel who occupy – this is the space in which a fighter engages the invader directly, however, this engagement does not necessarily involve a face to face confrontation. In fact, this type of confrontation is to be avoided when dealing with a technologically superior enemy. Choosing the time, place and method of attack remains the principal advantage of all guerrilla fighters.
Invaders are faced with insurmountable problems on the domestic and foreign fronts. Dirty criminal wars of invasion in which hundreds of thousands of innocents are slaughtered for the sake of theft/plunder are extremely difficult to disguise; propaganda campaigns must constantly be waged to placate and deceive the local population and the international community. Idiotic and transparent justifications for invasive warfare such as ‘spreading democracy’ or liberating oppressed people are immediately seen as thin lies in the face of the reality of huge civilian death tolls, social chaos and plunder.
There is nothing advantageous in any American occupation anywhere, including ‘soft’ (by invitation) occupation as is occurring in Australia – two huge military bases of occupation are presently under construction in the north. The Howard lackey government goes to great lengths to keep this out of the public consciousness, as the U.S. military will be testing their latest highly polluting, toxic weaponry – polluting the Australian mainland is preferable to polluting your own back yard, wouldn’t you agree? A slumbering Australian public may yet hold Prime Minister John (aluminium tubing) Howard to account for his crimes.
The world is burning; American lies, Falcon Base, Iraqi freedom, Iraqi oil, American integrity, civil liberties, human dignity; but above all the TRUTH is in flames. The present fiasco in the Middle East demonstrates the destructive power of LIES; it also demonstrates the impossibility of military occupation in today’s world. Surrender is no longer an option; kill the aggressor is the war cry of freedom fighters throughout the world. America has good reason to feel that some nations may return the ‘favour’ and bring the ‘fight for democracy’ to U.S. shores.
Actions are undeniable, self-evident truths, based on the criteria of actions it is America and her few allies that present as the most dangerous, polluters, exploiters, and killers in the world today. That is the plain VERIFIABLE TRUTH of the matter! America, Israel, the UK, and Australia are the most criminally liable nations in the world at present – it is no coincidence that the world’s most reprehensible liars also lead these nations. Rogue nations are known by the chaos, destruction and needless deaths they inflict on civilian populations. The above nations fulfil all criteria to qualify as rogue nations. Justice will therefore be served, as history would indicate – there is no evading the consequences of actions – no one gets out!
Recent reports suggest the Serbs have remembered they were once the most feared guerrilla fighters in Europe. The Balkans may not be not lost after all; the burning Falcon base in Iraq may portend a similar future for Bondsteel, in Serbian Kosovo. Confronting Serbs on the ground once put fear into all invaders – Hitler feared the Serbs to the extent that he invaded the tiny nation with TWELVE full divisions, during WWII – the subsequent guerrilla actions of Tito’s partisans resulted in Yugoslavia being the only nation in Europe to liberate itself from Nazi oppression! All other nations were liberated either by Russia or allied forces.
It is therfore heartening to hear even rumours that numerous world leaders today have realised that military ‘options’ are no longer viable remedies and that future ‘solutions’ for the critical problems facing humanity can only effectively be tackled in the spirit of mutual assistance and cooperation. Surely it is time the world learnt that THERE ARE NO EFFECTIVE DEFENCES AGAINST POST-MODERN GUERRILLA WARFARE. War today is the nihilistic pursuit of brutes and the intellectually impaired.
We realise that words of peace make no impression on some nations, USA in particular (threats of bombing nations back to the stone-age are only made by stone-age mentalities – are you listening commissar Armitage?) These nations and the sociopaths that lead them consider war a viable solution.
The world waits patently for the U.S. to constructively engage the international community in a CO-OPERATIVE spirit and abandon its murderous ideology. In the event that the U.S. remains on its belligerent uncooperative course, the world may be faced with forming a united front against a COMMON ENEMY, the insanity and disease that the USA has become. It is your actions that condemn you!
Time is running out, make haste!
We are ONE.
Iraq presents the perfect example of the consequences of amorphous (targetless) warfare. [Planners and strategists around the globe take note.] Iraq is characterised by detested leaders, past and present – also note that Cheney, Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld and Blair are reviled and detested by the vast majority of people ACROSS THE GLOBE. People are no longer affected by traditional (sectarian) icons, slogans, flags, symbols etc. Confrontations are far more immediate and personal today; everything is personal and so is the response. Invading and occupying weaker nations, killing innocent civilians and stealing valuable resources could hardly be met with subservience or acquiescence from the local inhabitants. The war of resistance is fought by spontaneously cooperating individuals, small groups, cells and other constantly shifting forces that interact on a mutually co-operative basis then return to their respective benign ‘identities’ in the general community. Nevertheless, their activity as warriors is ever present as potential resource; their ability to opportunistically exploit weaknesses in the enemy becomes the content of the nightly news – Falcon base is burning!
Regardless of the relative strength of local fighters, invaders face protracted and difficult (if not impossible) guerrilla campaigns. Only fools engage superior forces directly. The weakest and most vulnerable aspect of invasion is OCCUPATION and consolidation, for the simple reason that it is personnel who occupy – this is the space in which a fighter engages the invader directly, however, this engagement does not necessarily involve a face to face confrontation. In fact, this type of confrontation is to be avoided when dealing with a technologically superior enemy. Choosing the time, place and method of attack remains the principal advantage of all guerrilla fighters.
Invaders are faced with insurmountable problems on the domestic and foreign fronts. Dirty criminal wars of invasion in which hundreds of thousands of innocents are slaughtered for the sake of theft/plunder are extremely difficult to disguise; propaganda campaigns must constantly be waged to placate and deceive the local population and the international community. Idiotic and transparent justifications for invasive warfare such as ‘spreading democracy’ or liberating oppressed people are immediately seen as thin lies in the face of the reality of huge civilian death tolls, social chaos and plunder.
There is nothing advantageous in any American occupation anywhere, including ‘soft’ (by invitation) occupation as is occurring in Australia – two huge military bases of occupation are presently under construction in the north. The Howard lackey government goes to great lengths to keep this out of the public consciousness, as the U.S. military will be testing their latest highly polluting, toxic weaponry – polluting the Australian mainland is preferable to polluting your own back yard, wouldn’t you agree? A slumbering Australian public may yet hold Prime Minister John (aluminium tubing) Howard to account for his crimes.
The world is burning; American lies, Falcon Base, Iraqi freedom, Iraqi oil, American integrity, civil liberties, human dignity; but above all the TRUTH is in flames. The present fiasco in the Middle East demonstrates the destructive power of LIES; it also demonstrates the impossibility of military occupation in today’s world. Surrender is no longer an option; kill the aggressor is the war cry of freedom fighters throughout the world. America has good reason to feel that some nations may return the ‘favour’ and bring the ‘fight for democracy’ to U.S. shores.
Actions are undeniable, self-evident truths, based on the criteria of actions it is America and her few allies that present as the most dangerous, polluters, exploiters, and killers in the world today. That is the plain VERIFIABLE TRUTH of the matter! America, Israel, the UK, and Australia are the most criminally liable nations in the world at present – it is no coincidence that the world’s most reprehensible liars also lead these nations. Rogue nations are known by the chaos, destruction and needless deaths they inflict on civilian populations. The above nations fulfil all criteria to qualify as rogue nations. Justice will therefore be served, as history would indicate – there is no evading the consequences of actions – no one gets out!
Recent reports suggest the Serbs have remembered they were once the most feared guerrilla fighters in Europe. The Balkans may not be not lost after all; the burning Falcon base in Iraq may portend a similar future for Bondsteel, in Serbian Kosovo. Confronting Serbs on the ground once put fear into all invaders – Hitler feared the Serbs to the extent that he invaded the tiny nation with TWELVE full divisions, during WWII – the subsequent guerrilla actions of Tito’s partisans resulted in Yugoslavia being the only nation in Europe to liberate itself from Nazi oppression! All other nations were liberated either by Russia or allied forces.
It is therfore heartening to hear even rumours that numerous world leaders today have realised that military ‘options’ are no longer viable remedies and that future ‘solutions’ for the critical problems facing humanity can only effectively be tackled in the spirit of mutual assistance and cooperation. Surely it is time the world learnt that THERE ARE NO EFFECTIVE DEFENCES AGAINST POST-MODERN GUERRILLA WARFARE. War today is the nihilistic pursuit of brutes and the intellectually impaired.
We realise that words of peace make no impression on some nations, USA in particular (threats of bombing nations back to the stone-age are only made by stone-age mentalities – are you listening commissar Armitage?) These nations and the sociopaths that lead them consider war a viable solution.
The world waits patently for the U.S. to constructively engage the international community in a CO-OPERATIVE spirit and abandon its murderous ideology. In the event that the U.S. remains on its belligerent uncooperative course, the world may be faced with forming a united front against a COMMON ENEMY, the insanity and disease that the USA has become. It is your actions that condemn you!
Time is running out, make haste!
We are ONE.
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